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血亲 (xuè qìng) — blood relative; consanguinity

Definition

血亲 (xuèqīn) means a relative by blood, as opposed to an in-law (姻亲), who is related through marriage.

noun
blood relativeconsanguinity

Examples

  • 血亲。
    Tā shì wǒ wéi yī de xuè qìng.
    He is my only blood relative.
  • ，血亲。
    Fǎ lǜ shàng, xuè qìng yǒu jì chéng quán.
    Legally, blood relatives have inheritance rights.
  • 血亲。
    xuè qìng Hé yīn qīn shì bù tóng de gài niàn.
    Blood relatives and in-laws are different concepts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

血xuèblood
亲qīnrelative

血亲 joins 血 (blood) and 亲 (relative): a relative connected by blood.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 親; 亲 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn親qīn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 親 uses 見 (see) for sense and 辛 (a chisel) for sound; the simplified 亲 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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